Compressed-air motor.



PATENTED D150. 190:. T. L. mms; GOMPREsgBD .ma MOTOR.

wmmmxo FILED wm: 1'l. 1907.

THOMAS LOUIS JONES, OF HAMBURG, GERMANY.

qoMPnnssED-Am MOTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 24, 1907.

'ippucmorneaiuifu'i.1907. smart, 879.488.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be'it known that I, THOMAS Louis JONES, a citizen and resident of Hamburg, in the German Empire, have invented a certain new and useful Compressed-Air Motor, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a compressed air motor and its object is to construct a motor of this kind which runs perfectly quietly and without jerks.

Motors driven by compreshed' air known heretofore which work similar to'a steam-engine are only operated by tlirusts and varymg expansions and thereforjecan only run evenly, if provided with a'fiily-.wheel which consumes part of the power. The new motor, which is shown in the drawing does away with these drawbacks. r*

` Fi e 1 is a side view partly in section and ig.- 2 a Verticalv section drawn to the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

The motor consists of a casing containing a high' ressure chamber A and a low pressure chamy erv B, arranged side by side and separated by lan imperforate partition E which contains an air tight bearmg D for a motorshaft C. Within the high pressure chamber A the shaft C is provided with\a`=numberof radially dis'posed tubes a and curved tubes b in equal number are also attached to the shat within thelow pressure chamber B. Each tube b is in communication with one of the tubes a by a longitudinal passage c in the shaft C. The tubes b, which are all bent in the same direction as may be clearly gathered from Fig'. 1' are considerably longer than the tubes'uJ so that each pair of tubes a,

b together With their connecting passage c form communicating tubes having arms of unequal lengths. The chamber A which is made air tight where the shafts projects through the outer wall by a stufiing box vD1 is provided with an inlet Z on the top for the compressed air and a water inlet s1 at the bottom. The chamber B has an air-Outlet e at the top and a water Outlet s at the bottom.

On supplying compressed air by the tube Z to the chamber A, which is previously filled with water or some other liquid nearly to the height of the shaft O, the air will also rush into the chamber B` by way of the tubes a, passages c and tubes b, which on account of their curvaturc will` begin to move in the direction of the arrow W, thus turning i the shaft C in the same direction.

Owing to the fact that the tubes a are by such rotation temporarily immersed in the and by the Way of the passages c into the tubes b, through Whicy theh flow out into the chamber B. The quantities ofliquid owing to their greater Weight,` act with greater force on the 'walls of the tubes b than the compressed air, thus increasing the power of the shaft O.

In order to obtain as unifor'm a rotation as possible it is advisable to maintain the level of the water or other liquid in the vessel A invariably at the same height and this is attained by means of a fioat f which at a given height of the liquid causes a valve f to close the inlet 81. The supply may be furnished either by a piston pump or by a centrifugal pump, not shown, mounted on the sha'ft or otherwise in operative connection with the same. This pump may be so arranged that it forces the liquid running out of the chamber B from the pipe s into the pipe 8,1 and from here back into the chamber A. In order to avoid the tubes a and b striking the water with great force, the spaces' between thel tubes may be filled up, so that .disks are formed having radial passages. The pressure of highly compressed air or gas can be utilized to a better advantage by combining two or more motors one behind the other.

Instead of using the apparatus as a motor it may also be used as an air compressor. In this case the shaft O is driven by any suitable motor preferablyin the direction of the arrow WI. The quantities of water rushing through the tubes or passages b by the centrifugal force create a sucking action in the passages c and in the tubes or passages a; thus the air out of the Chamber A is forced into the chamber B and compressed air may be taken from the tube e. The chamber A may be open to the air on top an'd the tube Z removed. Also the pump between the tubes 8 and 81 may be dispensed with and instead of in the chamber A the float valve may be 'arranged in the chamber B.

To obtain a greater pressure than is possible by using one of these'compressors of a certain diameter and with a limited number .of revolutions, several of these eompressors can be combined one behind the other.

Iclaim: 1 A compressed air motor comprising a caslng having a high pressure chamber and a low pressure Chamber provided respeetively With an inlet Land an outlet a rotatable shaft With air, and water inlets and air and Water in said ehambers, a plurahty of short tubes mounted on the shaft in the high pressure ,Chamber 'and a plurality vof 'longer tubes mounted on the shaft in the low pressure Chamber eommunicating With the short tube. 2. A compressed air motor Comprising a Casing having a high pressure Chamber and a p low pressure Chamber provided respectively outlets, a rotatable shaft in the -ohambers provided With longitudinal passages, a plurality of short radial tubes on the shaftin the high pressure Chamber communieatingwith 'the passa es, and a pluralityo'f longer'eurvedv w tubes on t e shaft in'the low pressure Chamber eommunicating With the short. tubes through said passagesL 3. A eompressed'A air motor eomprisinga Casing vhaving two' chambers, 'a rotatable shaft-projeeting into said chambers. having longitudinal passages conneeting the chambers; radial tubes attaChed to the shaft at both ends of the passages, and disks of different diameter on each set of tubes forming radial passages.

4. Av Compressed air motor eomprisinga Casing having two chambers, a rotatable shaftprojecting into said chambers having longitudinal assaves reaehing from one Chamber to t e other and radial tubes attached to the shaft at both ends of the passages one set of tubes being 'shorter than the other, the longer tubes being bent in one direction within the lane of the set of tubes.

5. A eompresse air motor com rising a casing, an imperforate partition in t e casmg sure Chamber communicati'ng 'with the short tubes through said' passages.

6.'A. Compressedair motor o om rising a Casing; an imperforate Partition m t e casing forminga high'pressure Chamber and a low: pressure Chamber said' hi hlpressure Chamf ber havin an air lnlet in t e top and a Water inletin t e-bottom and the low pressure Chamber havin an air-Outlet in the top and 'a water outlet m the bottornz a shaft rota tably mounted 'in the partition extending into bo'th chambers having a plurality'of longitudinal assages, a plurality of short radial tubes on t e shaft in the high. pressure cham ber 'communicating With the passages and a plurality of longer Curved tubes on the shat in the '10W pressure Chamber CommuiCating with the tubes throu hthe` ass'ages.

' THO' L UIS' JONES. Witnesses: i HARRY ROECKNER,

` ERNEs'r H. L. MUMMENHOFF. 

